mel jacobson on fri 29 apr 11
like all materials, they give out, die, leave our
systems...gertsley is dead.
if you make substitute glazes just remember
the new glaze will be a new glaze.
you cannot bring to life the old glaze,
you change it.
i have about 100lbs of gerts left...i stored
some. i use it in my red glaze.
when it is gone, i will make a new red
glaze. call david hendley and have him
walk me through something brand new.
and, then, i will sell a new line of pots
with a new line of red glazes. nature just
provided me with a new direction.
many ways to skin a cat. sometimes they
get run over in the street.
it is nature at its best. just like a storm.
things change, and we change with it. no choices.
i have been using india ink for years
in a really crackle chinese sung type glaze.
the secret: take the pots out of the kiln
hot...like 450F. heat the ink, and then paint
the entire pot. let it cool, take it to your
kitchen sink...hot water and a brillo pad.
scrub like mad.
as the pot cools it traps the ink in the crackle.
i want big lines, so i do it hot.
i keep those sung glazes in the front, near the door
and often just stick them back in the kiln to cool
slowly. don't want a lot of them...just a few plates
and bowls each year.
this is the method that dealers use to antique
old pots. sell for ten times their value.
warm them in an oven, then soak in a bath
of india ink and water.
or, you can bury them in a manure pile for a year.
works like a charm.
only a potter can tell they are fake.
mel
from: minnetonka, mn
website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
clayart link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
new book: http://www.21stcenturykilns.com
alternate: melpots7575@gmail.com
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